Toy boat



H. T. AND E. J. KINGS BURY.

TOY BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1919.

Patented May 18, 1920.

UNTTED STATFJ PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY 'IQKINGSBURY AND EDWARD J. KINGSBURY, OF KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

TOY BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, HARRY T. KINGS- BURY and EDWARD J. KINcsnUnY, citizens of the United States, residing at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Boats, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in toy boats.

The object of the invention is to provide a toy boat in the form of a destroyer, made of wood and having the superstructure formed of metal and the propeller and its operating means carried by a removable housing attached to the bottom of the hull, so that it may be removed for repairs and also for convenience in packing for shipmerit.-

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap and effective structure of this character, having certain details of structure and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved boat, showing the rear end of the housing broken away;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view partly broken away;

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional View.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the hull of the boat, which is preferably made of wood and has at its forward end, the raised portion 2, provided with a turret 3 and the gun 4. In rear of the raised portion is the superstructure 5, pref erably made of sheet metal and carrying the smoke-stacks 6, 7 and 8. The super-structure is secured on the upper face of the hull of the boat, at its forward end, by lugs 9, entering recesses in the curved rear wall 10, of the raised portion 2, and at its rear end by means of a tack 10, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The .bottom of the hull is perfectly flat from the bow to the stern, or to the part 12 where the overhang 12 commences. The propeller shaft and operating mechanism are carried in a tapering housing 13, and the same starts from the bow and gradually tapers downwardly toward the stern to form a keel. The said housing is provided" with a horizontally arranged flange 14, having notches 15 at its rear end adapted to pass under the headed members 16 carried by the bottom of the hull, and the forward end of the housing has a notch 17 adapted to pass under the headed member 18, also carried by the bottom of the hull, whereby the same is removable from the hull, as hereinafter more fully described.

The housing 13, as shown in Fig. 1, is U-shaped in cross section and provided at the bottom, at the rear end, with an extension 18, having its end turned upwardly at 19, and having an opening in which is rotatably mounted the propeller shaft 20. This propeller shaft is provided at its outer end with the propeller 21, carrying the crank 22, which is a continuation of the propeller shaft 20, as shown in Fig. 1, and is soldered to one ofthe propeller blades. The inner end of the propeller shaft is provided with the hook 23. which enters the ends of a rubber band, or series of bands 24, which have their forward ends secured to the hook 25. The hook 25 is of a double arrangement and has its opposite end 26 hooked into an opening 27 in the bottom of the housing 13', as fully shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The rubber band or bands, as will be fully understood, exerts a forward pull upon the propeller shaft and holds it in a horizontal position.- In operation, to wind the toy, the propeller 21 is rotated by means of the crank 22, which in turn rotates the propeller shaft and twists the rubber bands, the forward ends of which are held by means of the hook 25 secured in the housing. When the propeller is released, the bands untwist and this causes the propeller to rotate and propel the boat.

The rear end of the overhang 12 of the stern is provided with a rudder 28, the rudder post 29 of which is frictionally held in the hull, so that the rudder will remain in its adjusted position, as readily understood.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A toy boat comprising a wooden hull,

a sheet metal housing detachably secured to the bottom of said hull, a propeller shaft carried within .said housing, a propeller on the rear end of said shaft and projecting from said housing, said housing tapering in depth from front to rear to form a keel.

2. A toy boat comprising a Wooden hull, a folded sheet metal housing secured to the base of said hull and tapering in depth from front to rear to form a keel for said hull,

a propeller shaft carried Within said housing, and a propeller carried by said shaft and arranged without said housing.

3. A toy boat comprising a hull, a housing secured to the bottom of the hull, a rearwardly extending member carried by the rear end of the housing and having an upwardly turned end, a propeller shaft rotatably mounted in the upwardly turned end, a propeller secured to the shaft, a hook carried by the forward end of the shaft, a hook removably secured in the forward end of the housing, and rubber bands having loopedends entering the hooks.

4. A toy boat comprising a hull formed of a solid block h vinga fia ot omiandqa raised portion at its'bow end, a metalsuper structure having forwardly extending projections entering recesses in the raised portion, a tapering housing removably,secured to the flat bottom, a short propeller shaft carried by the rear end of the housing, a propeller carried by the shaft, and means carried solely by the housing for rotating Said propeller shaft.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY T. KINGSBURY. EDWARD J. KINGSBUR-Y.

Witnesses CHES ER L. IuNcsBURY, ALIOE J. DAVIS. 

